Ok, so I have many people ask how do create certain elements in photoshop, so I thought rather than PMing the same message over, I would create a post. I was hoping that we could share some tips and tricks on how certain "sigs"/ avatars are created.

This one is for Steve-O:

"Adding rain to your sig"

First, grab your image and open it in Imageready
I will choose a picture of a skyline as an example. Edit it with the crop or marquee tool to the sig of the sig you want.

Now we need to go Back to ImageReady so press Shift+Ctrl+M
Should take you back to ImageReady

go to Window > Animation should have a box like this:
[IMG][/IMG]
*** Edit, not the tween button, the copy frame button
Once you have done that click on the first frame and go to the layers box to the right. Here is the tricky part, each frame should have a diff layer.So the first frame would be linked to layer 2

The second frame would be linked to layer 3

The third fame would be linked to layer 4... and so on

Example:
[IMG][/IMG]

Now change the layer to screen... mess with the opacity.... timing... and so on...
Note: the layer that you set to screen is the layer with the "noise" not the background layer.

Once you have found what you are looking for... Edit for size. then go to File-> Save optimized as -> Gif format

My end result:

Took ~ 5 minutes, the tut took longer

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The problem is when I use ImageReady...I right click on the layer, and go to duplicate layer, so everything is exactly the same, other than opacities...

You cant' do that, or else you wont get the proper effect. Each layer has to be different. If you just duplicate the layers and put them on top of eachother, all your going to see is when the layers move is the same layer.

The problem is when I use ImageReady...I right click on the layer, and go to duplicate layer, so everything is exactly the same, other than opacities...

You cant' do that, or else you wont get the proper effect. Each layer has to be different. If you just duplicate the layers and put them on top of eachother, all your going to see is when the layers move is the same layer.

You cant' do that, or else you wont get the proper effect. Each layer has to be different. If you just duplicate the layers and put them on top of eachother, all your going to see is when the layers move is the same layer.

Read his directions again, he clearly says lather, rinse, repeat.

**I need to go to sleep **

Double post

Thanks for clearing it up though...layers have been modified, but I still can't save it as a .gif for some reason...

Ok I'll just post up my sketch effect since this is the tutorial area. Heres the pic I use: Jessica

First open the image you want to use of course and duplicate that image to a new layer. For mine I'll be using the beautiful jessica alba:

Ok with our new layer selected we will desaturate it using ctrl+shift+u and now you should have something like this:

Now still on the desat. layer make a copy of this layer and then with the second desat. layer invert it using ctrl+i and you should get something creepy like this:

Alright now were getting there with your inverted layer select blending options and select color dodge. Your pic should be almost all the way white if not all white. With this like that go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and select an integer between 1-9 whichever will work out best on that certain pic. Fool around with it and your done. Heres my result of jessica alba.

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